Chapter 356: Out of the Ambush
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After laughing for a while, Lian Man'er sat down to write a letter. In the letter, she gave a detailed account of how they planted sweet potatoes and how they found out that they had a large yield of sweet potatoes based on the last corn incident, so that she could list her estimated yield of sweet potatoes. Of course, she also emphasized in her heart that the sweet potato came from Wang Youheng's family.
After writing it, Lian Man'er handed the letter to Wang Youheng to read.
Wang Youheng read the letter, nodded, and didn't say anything.
Their Wang family naturally has a wide range of friends, but in Liaodong Mansion, it is not easy for them to cross the Shen family. The Wang family also had contacts with the Shen family, and Imperial Physician Wang went to the Shen Mansion several times to diagnose the pulse of the old lady of the Shen family. Of course, he chose the Shen family for the reason why Lian Man'er was considerate.
To be honest, considering all aspects of Chapter 356, the Shen family is an inevitable choice. That's why he said he was able to call the shots, and he didn't need to go home and ask what his family meant.
Lian Man'er read the letter to Gorou and Xiaoqi again, and then put it in the envelope. It was still early, and she planned to send the letter to Imperial Doctor Shi's house now.
"I'll send you there." Wang Youheng said.
Coming out of the study, Wang Youheng asked the shopkeeper Wang to pick out the sweet potatoes sent by Lian Man'er and put them in a small basket.
"It's better for people to see the real thing." Wang Youheng said.
Even Man'er didn't be polite to Wang Youheng.
"Brother Youheng, when I go back, send another sweet potato." Lian Man'er said.
Wang Youheng was about to ask someone to prepare a carriage, but was stopped by Lian Man'er.
"Brother Youheng, there are not a few steps in total, just walk over, it won't take much work." Lian Man'er said.
"That's fine." Wang Youheng smiled and didn't call a car again, but asked his guy to send two oil-paper umbrellas.
"Brother Youheng, what are you doing with an umbrella, it's not raining." Xiao Qi said.
The children of the Zhuang family are not so particular. In the north wind in winter, under the sun in summer, they can all play lively. Oil-paper umbrellas are a rarity, and they are only used to keep out the rain on rainy days. They didn't have the sun at all.
"The sun is a little poisonous, so it's good to cover it." As Wang Youheng spoke, he handed Wulang an umbrella, and then stretched out the umbrella in his hand and covered Lian Man'er's head.
Gorou also stretched out the paper umbrella and covered his and Xiao Qi's heads. Xiao Qi is not afraid of the sun, but the shade under the umbrella is very fun.
A paper umbrella is propped up overhead. Lian Man'er was stunned for a moment, and then she said that Wang Youheng was really a very considerate man.
They picked a quiet alley to walk, and it was not a market day, and there were few pedestrians in the alley. With the old bluestone pavement, it looks exceptionally clean due to the rain of the previous two days, and the weeds stubbornly drill out of the stone peaks. Occasionally, one or two small yellow wildflowers can be seen in the middle of the road, raising their smiling faces to passers-by. Sides of the alley. Under the big tree, there are people in twos and threes.
The air was filled with the smell of flowers, grass, and the smell of food wafting from the kitchen of a certain house, and the faint smell of pancreas on the freshly washed clothes of a certain little daughter-in-law, and the naughty child suddenly cried loudly, and the neighbor's dog next door barked, and the scolding of a man, followed by the scolding and persuasion of an elderly woman, and then they all fell silent.
The intimate, tangible taste and sound of life.
Lian Man'er's face couldn't help but show a knowing smile.
Wang Youheng lowered his head slightly, and saw Lian Man'er with a smile on his face, two bean-green ribbons tied with buns on his head, and a bean-green skirt. All follow her brisk steps, like butterflies dancing among the flowers.
It seemed to be infected with Lian Man'er's happy mood, and the smile on Wang Youheng's face became softer. He moved the paper umbrella in his hand slightly towards Lian Man'er, completely covering Lian Man'er's small figure in the shade.
Soon they arrived at Doctor Shi's house, and a steward took them in to wait for tea, and Lian Man'er handed over the sweet potatoes in the basket to the steward along with the letter.
The person in charge of the matter was because he sent a letter to Lian Man'er last time. After receiving some rewards, Shen Liu also called him to him and asked him a few words in person. This time, Lian Man'er came to ask him to carry the letter, where did he dare to slack off.
"Don't worry, girl, I will send this letter to the sixth master immediately." The steward said.
If you leave now, you have to hurry at night, and you can get to Fucheng in the early morning.
"Then there will be labor." Lian Man'er smiled.
After arranging the delivery of the letter, several people came out of Shifu and returned to Jishengtang. The king's treasurer welcomed them in.
"The meal has been prepared, Shaodong, do you want to start the meal? …… I have already sent a guy to send a letter to Lian Ji, and Lian Si Ye and Lian Si Grandma asked the guy to bring a basket of salted duck eggs over......"
Lian Man'er laughed secretly in her heart when she heard this, I don't know when it started, the fourth Lian family elder of the Thirty-mile Camp and the Zhang family slowly became Lian Si Ye and Lian Si Grandma in everyone's mouths.
Wang Youheng asked people to put the food on the stone table in the courtyard, and a man brought clean water, and after a few people washed it, they all sat around the table.
It's not the first time that Lian Man'er has eaten at Wang Youheng's place. Wang Youheng is far away from the old mansion in the county seat, and in this town, he is learning to take care of the business in the shop, and he is concentrating on studying. The master in charge of the kitchen, an old man of the Wang family, was sent to take care of Wang Youheng's diet.
Eating with Wang Youheng, the children are not restrained at all, even the man'er is very fragrant, the tender sweet and sour tenderloin, and the fried crispy small fish are her favorites.
After eating, Lian Man'er wanted to go home, so Wang Youheng asked people to send a basket of sand fruits in and asked Lian Man'er to take them back to eat. It is not yet time for a large number of sand fruits to ripen, and there are not many early-ripening fruits. This was sent by a sister in Wang Youheng's family who married into a neighboring county.
Lian Man'er gave in a little and accepted it.
Wang Youheng took two more books from the bookshelf and handed them to Gorou.
"Take it back and watch it, and return it to me when you're done." Wang Youheng said to Gorou with a smile.
In Wang Youheng's study, the collection of books is extremely rich, and Gorou loves to read, and every time he comes, he always has to squeeze time to find a book to read. However, he is a very sensible child who does not like to cause trouble. Although I like it very much, I never open my mouth to borrow books from Wang Youheng. Sometimes, when Wang Youheng sees which book he likes, he will take the initiative to lend it to him.
Gorou took the book and carefully tucked it away in his arms.
Lian Man'er was about to walk back to the thirty-mile camp, but this time Wang Youheng didn't listen to them, and insisted on letting the carriage in the shop send them back.
"Seeing that you have gone for a trip, I will bring some sweet potatoes and vegetables from our homeland, this is a meal and come back, and spare so many things." When Zhang saw them back, he smiled.
"Doctor Wang really didn't say anything to us." Even keep the word.
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The days flew by, and when she woke up in the morning and felt a hint of coolness in the air, Lian Man'er realized that the dog days had passed like this. This summer, there was no air conditioning, no fans, but in retrospect, Lian Man'er didn't find it so difficult. On the dog days of the thirty-mile camp, although there is a scorching sun, there are countless shades, unimpeded cool breezes that are not blocked by high-rise buildings, and abundant fresh fruits and vegetables. Close to the earth and nature, even if you are tanned and sweat all over your body, it is also comfortable.
The sky is over, and autumn is coming. Lian Man'er's family began to work in the vegetable garden again.
Beans and cucumbers are out of season, and they have to be shelfed. The straw used to make the scaffolds can no longer be used after the sun and rain these days. But the farmer will not waste a single grass and tree, and after these straws are dried, they are still very good firewood.
Cucumber seedlings and carob seedlings will be torn off the shelf and thrown into the pigsty, and even the pigs raised by Man'er are now more than 100 catties, and they love to eat this.
As for the last stubble of cucumbers picked from the cucumber seedlings, they were washed and dried by Zhang's and thrown into the large sauce jar. Marinated for a period of time, it is a delicious cucumber in sauce, and it is the most rice-friendly.
There are also old cucumbers that are very thick, and the color has long changed from green to yellow and white, which is not reserved for eating. Of course, if someone wants to eat it, no one will stop him, the old cucumber does not taste good when eaten raw, but peeled and sliced to make soup, it has its unique taste. Crack open the old cucumber and inside is the cucumber seeds that have hardened. Even the vines are carefully collected and kept for next year's planting.
As for the carob seedlings, I also picked up a big carob and left some of them, which have grown a little dry at this time, remove the carob skin, and inside are full, already long and hard, which should also be carefully stored and kept for next year's seeds. As for the carob skins, because the fibers on them have grown hard, the human stomach cannot digest them, and they are also thrown into the pigsty to feed the pigs.
Immediately after that, there is the eggplant. The rest of the peppers and leeks can be left for a while longer. Leeks can be eaten until the end of autumn, and chili peppers, let it stay on the seedlings from green peppers to red peppers, and then dry and dry, the most convenient storage.
In this way, there is a lot of open space in the vegetable garden. Lian Man'er's family began to be busy planting autumn vegetables.
The main focus of autumn vegetables is still cucumbers and beans. However, cucumbers and beans grown in late summer are not the same as those grown in spring. The cucumbers grown in late summer are dry cucumbers, while those grown in spring also have a relative name called water cucumbers. Beans are sliced beans, which is Zhang's statement, and is actually lentils.
Radish and mustard greens are also planted a lot, there is enough land, and the seeds are no problem, and even the Man'er family has planted some eggplants, which are kept for drying vegetables and eating in winter.
The corn in the vegetable garden had been sold, and Lian Man'er put the accounts together and showed the results to the Zhang family. The whole family was laughing from ear to ear. At the beginning, the conservative calculation was three hundred and eighty-four taels, and in the end, the silver they actually received was three hundred and ninety-six taels of silver.
This is the largest amount of silver they have earned since they broke up, more than last year's wine sales, how can everyone not be happy.
"Mother, the tender corn in our field can still be sold for hundreds of taels." Seeing the happy appearance of the family, Lian Man'er smiled.
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